Tata Safari on-road price in Salem
₹16,11,190 to ₹32,89,168 on the road72 variants
EMI from about ₹27,070 a month on the Salem on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.
Figures as of October 2026, for a first personal car, bought by an individual and paid in cash.
Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli.
Why
All 72 variants priced in Salem
What the road adds in Salem, variant by variant
Five of the 72 variants, a quarter of the way up the ladder each time; the table above has every one. The orange is Tamil Nadu's own share.
- Smart Turbo Petrol MT₹16,11,190+20%
₹13,40,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,43,450, everything else ₹27,740
- Adventure X+ Dark Diesel AT₹26,46,658+23%
₹21,60,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹4,34,250, everything else ₹52,408
- Accomplished X+ Diesel MT₹29,55,208+22%
₹24,15,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹4,85,250, everything else ₹54,958
- Accomplished Ultra Red Dark 6S Diesel MT₹30,82,258+22%
₹25,20,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹5,06,250, everything else ₹56,008
- Accomplished Ultra Stealth 6S Diesel AT₹32,89,168+22%
₹26,91,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹5,40,450, everything else ₹57,718
Safari variants on Tamil Nadu's tax steps
Tamil Nadu charges a higher rate on the whole price once it crosses a line. Here is which variant sits where.
Petrol and dieselby price
- 12%to ₹5 lakh
no variant here
- 13%to ₹10 lakh
no variant here
- 18%to ₹20 lakh
Smart Turbo Petrol MT, Smart Diesel MT, Pure X Turbo Petrol MT, Pure X Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Pure X Diesel MT, Adventure X+ Turbo Petrol MT, Pure X Turbo Petrol AT, Pure X Dark Diesel MT, Adventure X+ Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Pure X Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Adventure X+ Diesel MT, Pure X Diesel AT, Adventure X+ Turbo Petrol AT, Adventure X+ Dark Diesel MT, Pure X Dark Diesel AT
- 20%above
Adventure X+ Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Adventure X+ Diesel AT, Accomplished X Turbo Petrol MT, Adventure X+ Dark Diesel AT, Accomplished X Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X Diesel MT, Accomplished X Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished X Dark Diesel MT, Accomplished X+ Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X+ 6S Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished X+ Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X+ Dark 6S Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished Ultra Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished Ultra 6S Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished Ultra Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished Ultra Dark 6S Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark 6S Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X+ Diesel MT, Accomplished X+ 6S Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra Stealth Turbo Petrol MT, Accomplished X+ Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished X+ Dark Diesel MT, Accomplished X Dark Diesel AT, Accomplished X+ 6S Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished X+ Dark 6S Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra Diesel MT, Accomplished X+ Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra 6S Diesel MT, Accomplished X+ Dark 6S Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Dark Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra Dark 6S Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra 6S Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark 6S Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Stealth Diesel MT, Accomplished Ultra Dark 6S Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark 6S Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished X+ Diesel AT, Accomplished X+ 6S Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Stealth Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished Ultra Stealth 6S Turbo Petrol AT, Accomplished X+ Dark Diesel AT, Accomplished X+ Dark 6S Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra 6S Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Dark Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Dark 6S Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Red Dark 6S Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Stealth Diesel AT, Accomplished Ultra Stealth 6S Diesel AT
Worth knowing before you sign
- The step from the Pure X Dark Diesel AT to the Adventure X+ Dark Turbo Petrol AT crosses Tamil Nadu's ₹20 lakh line: ₹30,000 more ex-showroom, but ₹46,000 more road tax, because the whole price moves from 18% to 20%.
- The Smart Diesel MT is ₹1,89,018 more on the road here than the Smart Turbo Petrol MT, and ₹26,100 of that is Tamil Nadu's road tax.
- On the Tata Safari Smart Turbo Petrol MT, Salem is 3rd dearest of 25 states: ₹2,03,250 over Arunachal Pradesh and ₹10,408 under Karnataka.
Which Safari to buy
Of every paid step up this ladder, Accomplished Ultra Stealth to Accomplished Ultra Stealth 6S buys you the most for your money. In Salem that step costs ₹6,050 on the road, rather than the ₹5,000 the showroom prices suggest.
Is the Accomplished Ultra Stealth 6S worth it over the Accomplished Ultra Stealth? →
Or weigh the whole ladder: which Safari is worth the money →
Safari rivals on the road in Salem
The cheapest way into this group in Salem is the Kia Syros EV, from ₹13,90,395 on the road, ₹2,20,795 under the Safari's ₹16,11,190. Each figure is that car's cheapest variant on the road in Salem, on the same Tamil Nadu road tax.
The Safari in its colours
Cosmic Gold
Vehicle images: Tata Motors official media assets
How the Smart Turbo Petrol MT's ₹16,11,190 breaks down
Getting it on the road in Salem adds ₹2.71L to the ex-showroom price, and road tax is the biggest part of that.
- Ex-showroom price
- ₹13,40,000
- Road tax (18%)
- ₹2,41,200
- Road safety tax
- ₹2,250
- Registration fee (central)
- ₹800
- TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)refundable
- ₹13,400
- Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST)
- ₹12,555
- Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST)estimate
- ₹885
- FASTagestimate
- ₹100
- Comprehensive own-damage covernot in this total
- insurer-priced
- On-road in Salem
- ₹16,11,190
The fine print
- Road tax (18%)
- TN MV Taxation Act 1974, Third Schedule Part I as substituted by the Amendment Act 2023 (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), read from the gazetted text
- Road safety tax
- TN MV Taxation Act 1974 section 3-B and the Sixth Schedule as substituted by section 6 of the Amendment Act 2023, read from the gazetted text on 2026-11-03: 'ROAD SAFETY TAX. New Motor Vehicles', Light Motor Vehicles Rs 2,250. The document is the Bill as introduced (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), so the figure is primary while its being in force rests on reporting that Act 30 of 2023 commenced 08 or 09-11-2023, corroborated by the Third and Fourth Schedules of the same substitution clause being in force exactly as drafted. The Act as passed is requested as tn-act-30-of-2023. Some aggregator breakdowns still print the pre-2023 Rs 1,500 and others print Rs 2,250
- Registration fee (central)
- CMVR Rule 81, as amended by GSR 1183(E) dated 29-12-2016
- TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)
- Income-tax Act 1961 s.206C(1F) from 1 June 2016, and from 1 April 2026 s.394(1) of the Income-tax Act 2025 at the same rate and threshold (renumbering reported, not read from the Act); creditable against the buyer's income tax
- Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST)
- Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018
- Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST)
- Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018
- The Rs 15 lakh owner-driver cover is mandatory; this prescribed rate is what most insurers charge for the annual form.
- FASTag
- Tag cost only. Issuers add a deposit and minimum balance; dealer bundles commonly total Rs 500-600.
- Comprehensive own-damage cover
- Not in this total. Lenders require it and most buyers take it, but it has been market-priced since 2007 and varies widely with insurer, cover value and no-claim bonus, so an honest single figure does not exist. Budget for it from real quotes on top of this total.
- The Rs 2,250 road safety tax, charged once when a new car is registered, is included in every figure here. Tamil Nadu waives road tax on an electric car bought before 2028, and nothing published says whether that waiver covers this charge too, so an electric buyer may pay Rs 2,250 less than we show.
- Some price breakdowns for the state still show this charge at Rs 1,500, which is what it was before the 2023 change to the state's tax act. We use Rs 2,250 because that is the figure the state's own gazetted schedule prints. If your RTO still collects the older amount, your total will be Rs 750 less than this.
Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.
Where these figures come from
Safari on-road price in other cities
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Same figures, same state: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli
Different state, different figures: Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Gurugram, Lucknow, Indore, Patna, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Itanagar, Guwahati, Raipur, Panaji, Ranchi, Shillong, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Srinagar, Leh
Questions buyers ask
What is the Tata Safari on-road price in Salem?
Between ₹16,11,190 for the Smart Turbo Petrol MT and ₹32,89,168 for the Accomplished Ultra Stealth 6S Diesel AT, as of October 2026. That covers Tamil Nadu road tax, registration and the mandatory insurance; comprehensive own-damage cover is priced by insurers and comes on top.
How much is the road tax on the Tata Safari in Salem?
₹2,41,200 on the Smart Turbo Petrol MT at ₹13.40L ex-showroom. The rate comes from Tamil Nadu's own schedule (TN MV Taxation Act 1974, Third Schedule Part I as substituted by the Amendment Act 2023 (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), read from the gazetted text), verified on 7 August 2026.
Is the Tata Safari cheaper on-road in another city of Tamil Nadu?
No. Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli: registering in a different city of the state does not change them.